Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Gram Panchayats Digitally connected for Public Service
Under Digital India Programme, Ministry of Panchayati Raj is implementing e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project , in all the States/ UTs of the country. The aim is to revamp the functioning of Panchayats and to make them more transparent, accountable and effective. Ministry has launched eGramSwaraj, an accounting application to simplify Panchayat work like planning, accounting and budgeting. Ministry has also integrated eGramSwaraj with Public Financial Management System  for Gram Panchayats  to make real time payments to vendors/service providers. The progress made by States, including West Bengal, under eGramSwaraj in for the year 2022-23 is given as below:
Annexure
Adoption of eGramSwaraj at Panchayat level during FY 2022-23
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S.
No
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State Name
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Total Number of Village Panchayats & Equivalent
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Village Panchayat onboard
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Village Panchayats & Equivalent with Online Payment
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Total Number of Block Panchayats
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Block Panchayat onboard
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Block Panchayats with Online Payment
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Total Number of Zila Panchayats
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Zila Panchayat onboard
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Zila Panchayats with Online Payment
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1
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ANDHRA PRADESH
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13371
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8845
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2
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660
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603
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0
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13
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13
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10
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2
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ARUNACHAL PRADESH
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2114
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2088
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1120
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0
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0
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0
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25
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25
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20
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3
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ASSAM
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2663
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2197
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2180
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191
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191
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191
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30
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26
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26
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4
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BIHAR
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8176
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8175
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7920
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534
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534
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531
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38
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38
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36
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5
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CHHATTISGARH
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11659
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11658
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11537
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146
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146
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146
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27
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27
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27
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6
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GOA
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191
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191
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131
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0
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0
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0
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2
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1
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1
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7
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GUJARAT
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14400
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14236
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13334
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248
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248
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248
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33
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33
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33
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8
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HARYANA
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6230
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5976
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3605
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142
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140
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84
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22
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22
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17
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9
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HIMACHAL PRADESH
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3615
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3611
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3557
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81
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81
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80
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12
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12
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12
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10
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JHARKHAND
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4345
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4342
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4337
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264
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264
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263
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24
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24
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24
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11
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KARNATAKA
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5958
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5958
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5938
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233
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232
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226
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31
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31
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31
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12
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KERALA
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941
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941
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940
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152
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152
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152
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14
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14
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14
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13
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MADHYA PRADESH
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23032
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22970
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21419
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313
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313
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303
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52
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52
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51
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14
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MAHARASHTRA
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27896
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27713
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25942
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351
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351
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351
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34
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34
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34
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15
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MANIPUR
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3812
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161
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160
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0
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0
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0
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12
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6
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6
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16
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MEGHALAYA
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6760
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0
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0
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2240
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0
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0
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3
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3
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0
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17
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MIZORAM
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834
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834
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764
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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18
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NAGALAND
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1293
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5
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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19
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ODISHA
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6798
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6798
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6764
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314
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314
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314
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30
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30
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30
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20
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PUNJAB
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13241
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13162
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9629
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152
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151
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131
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22
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22
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21
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21
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RAJASTHAN
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11342
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11314
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11241
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352
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352
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350
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33
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33
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33
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22
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SIKKIM
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198
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181
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175
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0
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0
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0
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6
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4
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4
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23
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TAMIL NADU
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12525
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12480
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11788
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388
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388
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386
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36
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36
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36
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24
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TELANGANA
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12769
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12745
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12468
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540
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539
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500
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32
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32
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32
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25
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TRIPURA
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1178
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1178
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1151
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75
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75
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75
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9
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9
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8
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26
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UTTARAKHAND
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7812
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7789
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7686
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95
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95
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92
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13
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13
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13
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27
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UTTAR PRADESH
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58842
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58812
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58138
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827
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826
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822
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75
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75
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75
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28
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WEST BENGAL
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3340
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3229
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3222
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344
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334
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334
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22
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21
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21
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Total
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265335
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247589
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225148
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8642
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6329
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5579
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650
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636
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615
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Furthermore, Department of Telecommunications  is implementing the BharatNet project to provide broadband connectivity to all GPs in the country. Phase-I of the project to connect one lakh GPs has been completed in December, 2017. Under Phase- 1 of BharatNet out of 1.23 lakh GPs approximately 1.22 lakhs of GPs were made Service Ready. Implementation of Phase-II to connect remaining GPs is in progress. Under Phase -2 of BharatNet out of 1.44 lakh allotted GPs more than 71,000 GPs have been made Service Ready.
All States are making efforts at State level to implement e-Panchayat MMP, based on their available resources. However, due to differentials in the level of preparedness of Panchayats across the country, States are at different stages of implementing these applications. Besides, some States also have their own State-specific applications for similar purpose.
This information was given by the Union Minister of State for Panchayati Raj, Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.